WORLD (MT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

12:00 pm

AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange"Everyday Sunshine"
From the shifting faultlines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan's America, Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation. Telling it like it is, the iconic Laurence Fishburne narrates EVERYDAY SUNSHINE, a story about music, history, fear, courage and funking on the one. D

1:30 pm

Global Voices"The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories"
THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM AND OTHER STORIES is the tale of a of a village, turned concentration camp, turned city, turned nuclear power plant. In a world instantly transformed by ideologies, regimes and dreams of economic prosperity, characters' lives intersect in a sinister past and nuclear future. D

2:30 pm

Lest We Forget - A Survivor's Story
Lest We Forget is a personal recollection of World War II from the unique perspective of Columbus, Indiana resident Gustav Potthoff, a survivor of the Japanese slave labor camp responsible for the building of the notorious Bridge over the River Kwai. More than 100,000 POWs would ultimately lose their lives building the railway under horrific conditions.G

3:00 pm

Custer's Last Stand: American Experience
Gen. George Armstrong Custer, an ambitious but brilliant cavalry officer, time and again ricochets from triumph to disaster, from battlefield heroism to impetuous escapade. This biography follows the ambitious son of a blacksmith through his career, which includes a charge at Gettysburg that turns the tide of battle, to the climactic battle at Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory.G

5:00 pm

Global Voices"Please Vote for Me"
In the city of Wuhan in central China, three eight-year-old elementary school students campaign for the coveted position of class monitor. This is the first election for a class leader to be held in China. The candidates hold debates, campaign tirelessly and show their intellectual and artistic skills, until one is voted the winner. D

6:00 pm

Idaho Reports 2012
Idaho Public Television's weekly coverage of the Idaho Legislature with host Greg Hahn begins. The one-hour show continues through adjournment.G

7:00 pm

AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange"Everyday Sunshine"
From the shifting faultlines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan's America, Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation. Telling it like it is, the iconic Laurence Fishburne narrates EVERYDAY SUNSHINE, a story about music, history, fear, courage and funking on the one. D

8:30 pm

Lest We Forget - A Survivor's Story
Lest We Forget is a personal recollection of World War II from the unique perspective of Columbus, Indiana resident Gustav Potthoff, a survivor of the Japanese slave labor camp responsible for the building of the notorious Bridge over the River Kwai. More than 100,000 POWs would ultimately lose their lives building the railway under horrific conditions.G

9:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"Hometown Ski Hills"
Community ski hills are scattered throughout Idaho, each with its own "field of dreams" story to tell. We profile three of them - Bogus Basin near Boise; Little Ski Hill by McCall; and Pomerelle near Albion - to learn what makes each of these ski areas unique.G

9:30 pm

Dialogue"Refugees"
Host Marcia Franklin talks with refugees who have come to Idaho. Guests include Fidel Nshombo, from Congo; Rusul Mousa-Bryant, from Iraq; Jumuna Gautam, from Bhutan; and Hosy Nasimi, from Afghanistan. The group will discuss why they had to flee their respective home countries, what it's been like to live in Idaho, the joys and challenges of refugee life in the United States and their hopes for the future.G

10:00 pm

Global Voices"Please Vote for Me"
In the city of Wuhan in central China, three eight-year-old elementary school students campaign for the coveted position of class monitor. This is the first election for a class leader to be held in China. The candidates hold debates, campaign tirelessly and show their intellectual and artistic skills, until one is voted the winner. D

11:00 pm

P.O.V."Campaign"
The film offers an insider's view of Japanese electoral politics, presenting a portrait of a man plucked from obscurity to run for a critical seat on a suburban city council.G